{"id":678,"date":"2026-04-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=678"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:06:48","slug":"dragon-cup-an-ancient-relic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Cup: An Ancient Relic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the ancient world, dragons weren’t just decorations; they were guardians of the elements. I sculpted this face to look as though it\u2019s pushing through the very surface of the cup, emerging from a deep, oceanic blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The Coil:<\/strong> The body wraps around the side with a heavy, textured scale pattern. It\u2019s tactile\u2014you feel the dragon’s spine against your palm as you drink.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Patina:<\/strong> The way the glaze breaks into those golden-brown “weathered” tones on the horns makes it look like it was recently recovered from an archaeological dig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This isn’t just a vessel; it’s a piece of mythology you can hold in your hand. It\u2019s designed for the bold\u2014those who want their morning coffee served with a side of ancient power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    In the ancient world, dragons weren’t just decorations; they were guardians of the elements. I sculpted this face to look as though it\u2019s pushing through the very surface of the cup, emerging from a deep, oceanic blue. This isn’t just a vessel; it’s a piece of mythology you can hold in your hand. It\u2019s designed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[114,70,67,120,94,19],"tags":[139,96],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carved-ceramic","category-fantasy-characters","category-functional","category-mugs-and-cups","category-mystic-creature","category-pottery","tag-coil-around","tag-dragon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/littlebeak.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424_221107281296681517289765497748.jpg?fit=1010%2C1298&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlebeak.studio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}